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   Jonathan de Boyne Pollard to All   
   Re: Whither FreePM?   
   26 Jan 11 10:48:45   
   
   Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7   
   UTC)   
   comp.os.os2.misc:2788   
   From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard    
      
   >>>> So ... what happened to the FreePM project that the OSFree people    
   >>>> were supposedly working on?   
   >>>>   
   >>> FreePM was merged into the osFree project last summer, because no    
   >>> one worked on it anymore (just to save the code).   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't think anyone have done anything to that code since. It is    
   >>> available as all osFree code is, on http://osfree.sf.net   
   >>>   
   >> That's what I suspected: It's dead and barely even a skeleton    
   >> outline. That's unfortunate. I was hoping that that would provide    
   >> something useful.   
   >>   
   > Well, you (and anyone else) are very welcome to try to restart that    
   > project :-)   
   >   
      
   I was hoping that I wouldn't have to.  It's why I asked.  I was hoping    
   that someone else could provide Presentation Manager.  I'd like to see    
   someone else provide a binary-compatible SOM, too.   
      
   > osFree suffers - like all other OS/2 projects - from manpower these days.   
   >   
      
   I disagree.  A single person *can* handle such a project.   
      
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
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